Inconsistency

I've been a bit inconsistent with my blog posts lately. In fact, I've been inconsistent with a lot of things lately. Although a lot of things have happened that are good, I have a tendency to focus on the negative and so it would be much easier to reel off a list of all the bad things that have happened and thus use them as an excuse for my inconsistency.

But I'm not going to do that. Today I am making a choice to look more at the good side of life. That even if some things are not going the way I would like, that's not going to drive how I feel any more. Because what you think about is a choice.

In the words of I can't remember who:

You can't stop a bird landing on your head,

but you can stop it making a nest in your hair.

I know that the negative thoughts are still going to pop into my brain. I know that will probably happen a lot at first. But I'm going to choose not to dwell on them. Because generally that doesn't help the situation, it just ends up making you feel worse. These thoughts are not going to be the boss of me any more.

I know I'm still going to be inconsistent. I know there will be days when making that choice will be harder than others. At first I may fail more than I succeed. But I'm still going to try. And I won't be doing it alone.

Because do you know who is not inconsistent?
God.
God is more consistent than people or mountains or even the entire universe. Because he was there before it and he will be there after it and in all that time he never changes. And I know that when I'm wobbling, I can always lean on him. And he will be there, my rock and my foundation, no matter what.